02-20-2006, 02:07 AM
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| Fencing Books
Anyone know of any good/great/amazing skills books out there? | 
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02-20-2006, 02:23 AM
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| 'On Fencing' by Aldo Nadi comes to mind. Also Kaidanov's book is good.
Theres also another pretty good book for both coaches and fencers by Woijiechowski sold by Leon Paul.
Other books that are actually must have for ANY fencer is Magnum Libre d'Escrime by Volkman and his other armory books. Why must? Well we all benefit tremendously from the free repairs these guys do for us at tournaments. Not to mention all the free advice they've given us in the past. We need to support these guys. In also these books are chock full of great material for any fencer on how to repair weapons correctly so they DONT fail as often.
In life we perpetuate vicious circles with every action. It would be nice if we consciously perpetuated a BENEFICIAL one!!! By their stuff they continue to help us. How simple is that??!!!
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02-20-2006, 02:50 AM
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| Buy Running With Swords, by Sherraine Mackay, and try to find Taking the Blade, by Craig Bowslby.
Sherraine's book is magic, and Craig's is harder to find. (I'm not so sure I know where my copy is.) | |
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02-20-2006, 06:46 AM
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02-20-2006, 08:41 AM
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| Nick Evangelista writes great fencing books, and they're easily available.
Read them and absorb every tidbit you can find, they'll make you a great competitive fencer.
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02-20-2006, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by rory Nick Evangelista writes great fencing books, and they're easily available.
Read them and absorb every tidbit you can find, they'll make you a great competitive fencer. | I hope you're joking.
Here is the "essential" reading.
Tao of Jeet Kune Do, by Bruce Lee.
Winning Ugly, by Brad Gilbert.
The inner game of tennis, by Tim Gallwey.
One touch at a time, by Aladar Kogler.
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02-20-2006, 10:55 AM
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| DFP, of course I'm not joking!
Evangelista's coached hundreds, nay, thousands of champions, from high school to World level, and he himself was a multiple Olympic champion. Didn't you know?
In addition, just like Dan Kellner, he is a Sith Lord 
Anyway, being serious:
In addition to DFP's list, I'd read "Sporting Body, Sporting Mind" by Syer and Connoly, and Kogler's "Clearing the Path to Victory".
However, I wouldn't bother reading any of them until I was a technically proficient fencer, with a good base of fitness and plenty of competitive experience.
If you're a beginner, read Nadi to give you a sense of history and a laugh at the man's ego. Then stop reading and go fence - you'll learn a lot more in 2 hours fencing than 2 hours reading about fencing.
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02-20-2006, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by fatfencer In also these books are chock full of great material for any fencer on how to repair weapons correctly so they DONT fail as often.
| Weapons fail?!  
If you mean blades breaking, how does one repair a broken blade?  | |
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02-21-2006, 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by rory Nick Evangelista writes great fencing books, and they're easily available.
Read them and absorb every tidbit you can find, they'll make you a great competitive fencer. | In case you didn't pick up on the sarcasm, don't buy a Nick Evangelista book. It's really just a waste of money... | |
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02-21-2006, 03:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Inquartata Weapons fail?!
If you mean blades breaking, how does one repair a broken blade? |
I am so huge that by merely sitting on them the blades miraculously weld together a la closed die forging. DUH!!! FATfencer ROOLZ!
Also, I can reconstitute foibles of PS blades(notoriously spaghetti-like) with my powerful steel-like gut flabs!!! I can also do custom aluminum grips from solid block. Don't you DARE ask me how....thats too much TMI even for ME!!! 
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